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Readers’ Advisory

Looking for something new to read, but not sure where to start? Let one of our librarians compile a list of three books based on your preferences. We can suggest almost any author/genre in the format you prefer, such as book, eBook, large print or audiobook. Selections will be based on what is available in our collections. To get some recommendations, stop by the Reference Desk or give us a call at (856) 667-0300 option 2.

You can browse our online reading lists on our “What Should I Read Next?” page.

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LibraryAware

LibraryAware is a service that e-mails you a list of new and upcoming books in the genres of your choice. Choose from a list of categories and receive monthly newsletters listing featured books with synopsis information and links right to the Cherry Hill Public Library catalog. From there you can check for availability or place holds on the books you are interested in. You can sign up for as many newsletters as you like and you can change your preferences at any time. If you are looking for the next book to read – this is the resource for you!

eBooks & More

Readers who use OverDrive, Libby by Overdrive or Hoopla can customize their reading preferences so that either app can generate some recommended titles. Visit our eBooks & More page for more information about all of our digital collections.

Libby

Libby (formerly OverDrive) is the largest provider of eBooks and eAudiobooks to public libraries in the U.S. and Canada. Check out any combination of 8 titles and read/listen on your PC/laptop, smartphone or tablet. The app is free in both the App Store, Google Play and Amazon (for app-based Kindles). Titles are available for either 7 or 14 day checkout periods.

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Novelist

Use this reader advisory database housing over two decades worth of assessing experience to help connect readers to whatever book they are looking for.

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Novelist K-8

Use this reader advisory database garnered to a youth crowd, housing over two decades worth of assessing experience to help connect readers to whatever book they are looking for.

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Book Clubs to Go

Book Clubs to Go is a service ideal for local book clubs where one member may check out a bag of 10 to 12 of the same paperback book to share with other members of their club. Each bag can be checked out for six weeks and includes the books, a brief biography of the author and a list of discussion questions. The library currently has over 40 Book Clubs To Go titles to choose from. Contact our Reference Department to reserve a bag today.

Escape From Mount Moriah by Jack Engelhard
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
Another Brooklyn by by Jacqueline Woodson
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Before You Know Kindness by Christopher A. Bohjalian
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos
City of Thieves by David Benioff
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Day After Night by Anita Diamant
Doll Baby by Laura McNeal
Euphoria by Lily King
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Room by Emma Donoghue
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison
Songs of Willow Frost by Jamie Ford
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Straight Man by Richard Russo
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Three Junes by Julia Glass
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Keirnan
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
The Zookeeper’s Wife by Diane Ackerman

Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman

The Martian by Andy Weir

Bags can be checked out for a period of six (6) weeks.
Available for pick up at Reference Desk.
Bags must be checked out and returned to the Circulation Desk.
You cannot reserve a book club bag.
No renewals are permitted.

Bags must be returned in 6 weeks. A $1 per day will be charged for each day the bag is not returned. For each book not returned, a $10 replacement fee will be assessed.

Special thanks to the Friends of the Library who have generously supported this program.

Author Events

CHPL has been proud to welcome a variety of authors to discuss their writing with our community. Below is a list of all of our recorded Author Events uploaded on our CHPL YouTube Channel. Make sure to hit the Subscribe button so you never miss a new upload. Thank you to all of the authors included for granting us permission to record!